K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences

About

The name of this blog, which is probably why you are here, is the Setswana translation of the ubuntu precept, that “a person is a person because of ubuntu.”

I have been a Linux user since 2005 (and perhaps even before that), and maintained this site as a personal record of my experiences for almost as long.

I’m primarily preoccupied with using Linux to invigorate older hardware — term which, as I have learned over time, is terribly relative. But some of the lessons I’ve learned on putting antique computers back into daily use could apply to ultralight or embedded machines — and possibly even mobile devices as well.

So there may be a nugget of wisdom for modern hardware, here or there.

If you have a question or a suggestion, or if you just want to swap war stories about archaic hardware or the good old days of Ubuntu, feel free to e-mail me with the contact form below.

Great work K.Mandla, it is a great thing to do a side forum like this as the ubuntuforums are really loaded with everything now. Keep up the good work. Abantu abanjengathi bayabulela torho umsebenzi omhle.

Hi! I saw one of your posts that you use a notebook running rtorrent. After you download the files in it, how do you send these files to other computers on your network? I have a notebook that has a problem on the screen and I would do the same. Download torrents and then send them to my computer. Sorry for my English. I’m using Google Translate.

sc would be my first choice because I’m a Vim user, but it doesn’t come with the Undo feature (you cannot undo an action). How do you do when you make a mistake? At the moment I close the spreadsheet and start all over again. Any better solution?